IMPD: Supposed marijuana dealers rob 2 men, shoots 1

9:27 AM,
Apr. 18, 2013

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A Far-Southside man left home to buy marijuana, he told police, but returned as a hostage of two suspects holding him at gunpoint and intent on robbing his residence.

The two suspects shot the man's roommate in the leg, police said, before leaving the home in the 6000 block of Sally Ann Circle with cash and credit cards. That area is south of Southport Road and east of Arlington Avenue.

At about 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Philip Potenza, 23, drove his silver 2008 Saturn a few blocks away from his home to meet the individuals he expected to sell him marijuana, he told police. The meeting place was in the 7000 ...